black

Black

black

(blak) reflecting no light or true color; of the darkest hue.

black

Medspeak-UKA person who, for the purposes of equal opportunity monitoring, has Black ethnic lineage, which includes, but is not limited to, British Blacks, regardless of where they were raised or educated.

Medspeak-USA person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African American, or Negro," or provide written entries such as Afro American, Kenyan, Nigerian or Haitian.

politically correct

Politically sensitive adjective Referring to language reflecting awareness and sensitivity to another person's physical, mental, cultural, or other disadvantages or deviations from a norm; a person is not mentally retarded, but rather mentally challenged; a person is not obese but rather has an eating disorder, etc

Politically correct-a microglossary

Former term PC term

American Indian Native American

Black African American

Demented Disoriented, severely confused

Handicapped Disadvantaged

Homophobic Heterosexually biased

Housebound Domestic

(American) Indian Native American

Mentally retarded Mentally disabled or challenged

Obese Large, ample, right-sized

Oriental Asian

Physically handicapped Physically disadvantaged

Poorly educated Educationally disadvantaged

Racist Culturally insensitive

Stupid Educationally challenged

Politically correct ad absurdum–a microglossary

PCAA term Translation

Colorful Flaky, fruity

Detail oriented Anal-retentive or, if extreme, obsessive compulsive

Eccentric Nuts, weird

Enthusiastic & hopeful Insufferably arrogant

Follicly challenged Bald

Knowledge deficient Ignorant

Obtunded Stupid

Sexual arts specialist Prostitute, hooker

Sexual arts aficionado Slut, sleaze

Vertically challenged Short

Vertically enhanced Tall

Visually challenged Myopic

black

A visual sensation having no colour and being of extremely low luminosity.

black

1. without color, at the opposite end of the spectrum to white; the color of soot.

2. a universally accepted coat color. In horses, solid black with no pattern in it, the muzzle is black, and there may be white markings on the lower limbs and the head.

Patient discussion about black

Q. Why would your poop be black?

A. If it is black or black and tar like, it could mean a gastro bleed.

Q. My nails are black- is it dangerous? Hi,
I was diagnosed with colon cancer and now I receive chemotherapy. This morning I found that my nails are brown and blue, and other nails have white lines on them. Is that dangerous? Should go and see a doctor?

A. The chemo can cause several changes in your nail, e.g. make them brittle etc. You can find some more info at : http://www.breastcancer.org/tips/hair_skin_nails/nails.jsp

Q. Has anyone tried black cohosh for the later years in life?

A. my mother in law took it, she said it was very helpful but it could be a placebo effect... here is some info about black cohosh from a very relay able site

That said, there are a few moments of genuine hilarity just like in the film - the blackly humorous attempted suicide scene is perfectly done and was the only time in the whole production for me where the fun was truly complemented by a song.

But, despite its rambling narrative and an outlandish blackly farcical ending that (like the novel) seems to be parodying itself in it cannibalistic excess, the dark, damaged, twisted love story has a compelling frisson.

The blackly comic tales - involving, among others, a glamorous lesbian pair (Jeanne Tripplehorn, Salma Hayek), a warring married couple (Saffron Burrows, Stellan Skarsgard) and a hopeful director (Richard Edson) - were all shot in one take on digital video.

Film's mood was reconciliatory, as was that of the short "All for the Best" from helmer Vagif Mustafaev, which tells the blackly comic stow of how Baku residents react when the coffin of a war casualty is delivered to the wrong address.

Blackly comic and extreme in its portrayal of a murderous backroads clan, Cinepix Film Properties' ``Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation'' jokingly refers to the first two ``Massacre'' sequels made in 1986 and 1990.

Made on a shoestring ( and all the better for it ( David Caffrey's inventive and entertaining Grand Theft Parsons fleshes out the story and introduces a few fictional characters to tell a blackly comic version of that now legendary trip.

Quills(18) Robust, provocative, dark, disturbing but blackly comic fictionalised account of the Marquis De Sade's final years in Charenton Asylum as he battles the forces of censorship and repression in an attempt to keep writing his depraved tales.

Throw in a useless adman called Eliot, a drifter called Puggy, various excitable policemen and women, nuclear weapons and crooks and the result is a fast-paced, absurd adventure, sharply written and blackly comic.

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